Octo Tempest one of the most dangerous financial hacking groups
Microsoft has published a detailed profile of a native English-speaking threat actor with advanced social engineering capabilities it tracks as Octo Tempest, that targets companies…
Month: October 2023
iLeakage attack exploits Safari to steal data from Apple devices
iLeakage attack exploits Safari to steal data from Apple devices Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2023 Boffins devised a new iLeakage side-channel speculative execution attack exploits…
United Nations creates advisory body to address AI governance – Software
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the creation of a 39-member advisory body to address issues in the international governance of artificial intelligence.…
Google executive testifies innovation key to avoid becoming ‘next road kill’ – Strategy – Software
Google executive Prabhakar Raghavan detailed challenges the search and advertising giant faces from smaller rivals, describing efforts to avoid becoming “the next road kill.” Raghavan…
The Star Entertainment Group finds its next CISO – Training & Development – Security
The Star Entertainment Group has tapped Hollard Insurance’s assistant CISO Neha Sharma to be its new CISO. The Star CISO Neha Sharma Sharma replaces Hank…
Riva Tez vs. David Perell
ExWis is a project that Extracts Wisdom from textual content, whether that’s a podcast conversation, an interview, a presentation, an essay, an article—basically whatever. The…
Cloudflare mitigated 89 hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed DDoS attacks exceeding 100 million rps
Cloudflare mitigated 89 hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed DDoS attacks exceeding 100 million rps Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2023 Cloudflare mitigated thousands of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial-of-service…
Critical Mirth Connect Vulnerability Could Expose Sensitive Healthcare Data
Open source data integration platform Mirth Connect is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited without authentication, cybersecurity firm Horizon3.ai warns.…
TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts
Live matches, also known as player knockout or PK battles, have been a feature on TikTok since at least 2021, though TikTok does not mention…
New Safari Exploit Impacts Apple iPhones and Macs with A and M-Series CPUs
Oct 26, 2023NewsroomData Security / Vulnerability A group of academics has devised a novel side-channel attack dubbed iLeakage that exploits a weakness in the A-…
CISA, HHS Release Cybersecurity Healthcare Toolkit
The US cybersecurity agency CISA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday released cybersecurity resources for healthcare and public health (HPH)…
Nigerian Police dismantle cybercrime recruitment, mentoring hub
The Nigerian Police Form has arrested six suspects and dismantled a mentoring hub linked to cybercrime activities, including business email compromise, romance, and investment scams.…